Sexual Abuse Expert Witnesses in Nevada

This highly-qualified expert has over 10 years of experience as a pediatric hospitalist. In addition to general hospital medicine practice, his work has focused on child abuse, neonatology and newborn medicine, and tropical medicine. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a BA in government and international studies before earning his MD from the University of South Carolina, graduating cum laude. He subsequently completed both an internship and residency in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. This expert is board-certified in pediatrics and holds certifications in basic life support, pediatric advanced life support, and neonatal resuscitation. He is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence, and the Society of Hospital Medicine. He is also involved as an author of media publications on pediatrics and a speaker at various pediatric conferences. He has formerly served as the director of inpatient pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist for PIH Health Physicians Medical Group, the pediatric clerkship director and a faculty hospitalist for Advocate Children's Hospital, and the medical director of inpatient medicine and a pediatric hospitalist for Jupiter Medical Center. Currently, this expert serves as a senior pediatric hospitalist for a healthcare system in California.

This highly-qualified expert has twenty years of experience specializing in law enforcement investigations with particular expertise in sexual assault, threat assessment, and management. She is certified in forensic sciences, as a defensive tactic and use of force instructor, and as a threat assessment professional. This expert is active in her field with memberships to the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, Alliance for Hope, California Homicide Investigators Association, and California Sexual Assault Investigators Association. She has given multiple presentations in her field, has received multiple awards, and has trained thousands of individuals throughout the country in domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, etc. Formerly, she served as an investigator for multiple entities and most recently served as a master investigator for the Violence Against Women's Act and the Ben Clark Training Center at Riverside County Sheriff. Currently, she serves as CEO of a sexual assault and domestic violence consultancy, the CEO of a trauma and survivor nonprofit, and as an investigator of persons crimes for a county sheriff, all located in California.

This expert has 15+ years of success working with children and their families. Her expertise includes mediation, child forensic interviews, adoption, child custody evaluation, CPS investigations, and child abuse prevention. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker she has completed hundreds of child abuse investigations covering neglect, molestation, and death. After years of public service, she now runs a nonprofit organization that prepares children for court proceedings and provides trauma counseling. She is also a consultant on lawsuits pertaining to Child Protective Services and is also a Child Custody Evaluator for Family Law Court.

This expert has worked in the criminal justice field over 40 years, beginning her career in corrections and law enforcement. She is a criminologist, trainer, author, and consultant on crime issues to national and international organizations with expertise in gender and sexual violence. As a consultant with the National Institute of Corrections, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, US Department of Justice, US Attorney General, Pentagon, American University and numerous other groups, she has conducted research at adult and juvenile penitentiaries across the country. She has authored national training curricula on gender and corrections. She received her Bachelors degree in Sociology from Oregon State University ; two master's degrees at University of Oregon; Ph.D.in Sociology (classwork completed at University of Oregon; comps and dissertation through Columbia State University)